IWAI sets up 4 terminals for Kumbh Mela, 2 vessels deployed for carrying pilgrims

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New Delhi : Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping and Chemicals & Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya on December 13, 2018, informed Lok Sabha in response to a question on Allahabad-Delhi Shipping services that the work of preparation of DPR to assess the techno-economic feasibility of navigation on NW-110 (River Yamuna from Jagatpur which is 6 km upstream of Wazirabad Barrage in Delhi to the confluence of Yamuna and Ganga rivers at Sangamin, Allahabad) has been initiated.

Mandaviya also mentioned that Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has set up four terminals for Kumbh Mela at Kilaghat, Sarasvati Ghat, D/S of Naini Bridge and Sujawan Ghat in Prayagraj (Allahbad) and two vessels have been deployed for carrying pilgrims. Additionally, fairway with Least Available Depth of 1 Meter for navigation of vessels have been provided in the stretch of NW-1 from Prayagraj to Varanasi and five temporary terminals at Chatnag, Sirsa, Sitamarhi, Vindhyachal and Chunar have been set up for embarkment and dis-embarkment of pilgrims. This will facilitate the smooth movement of more than one million pilgrims during the Mela, according to a PIB release.